(i) the
claims in the Age newspaper of 15 August 2002 that the McGauran family is
financially supporting the Democratic Labour Party of Australia (DLP)
in its attempt to retain registration under the provisions of the Electoral
Act,

(ii) that
two of the three Victorian National Party representatives in the Federal
Parliament are from the McGauran family and have, on occasions, relied
on DLP preferences,

(iii) the
comments of the DLP Secretary, Mr John Mulholland, when he said, ‘It
would be in Senator Julian McGauran’s interests for the DLP to survive
this de-registration moved by the Electoral Commission’, and

(iv) the
immense amount of money made by the McGauran family from its poker machine
interests in Altona, some of which is apparently going to fund the DLP’s
legal expenses; and

(b) calls
on Senator McGauran and the Minister for Science (Mr McGauran), to explain
their knowledge of their family’s involvement in funding the DLP’s
legal bills.